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Washington D.C.- Today the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved two amendments offered by Vice-Chair of the Coast Guard Subcommittee Chris Pappas (NH-01) in the markup of the bipartisan Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2019. The Coast Guard Authorization Act fully funds the Coast Guard for the next two years with more than $11 billion in discretionary funding for each fiscal year, which will allow them to address a backlog created by previous budget cuts.
Washington D.C.- Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 3401, which provides $4.5 billion in emergency funding to address the humanitarian crisis at the border. Significant funding priorities include legal assistance, food, water, medical services, and support for unaccompanied children.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Subcommittee Chairman of Oversight and Investigations, Chris Pappas (NH-01) held a hearing entitled, "Learning from Whistleblowers at the Department of Veterans Affairs" to examine how we can better protect whistleblowers who have faced undue retaliation while serving as watchdogs for our veterans.
Washington, D.C.- Today the House passed the second funding package for fiscal year 2020 which included appropriations bills for Commerce-Justice-Science, Agriculture, Interior, Military Construction-VA, and Transportation-HUD. Congressman Pappas secured three major wins for New Hampshire by successfully including amendments that increase funding for comprehensive opioid abuse programs, strengthen loan and grant programs for rural broadband deployment, and improve health care services for female veterans.
Today the House passed the first appropriations package for fiscal year 2020 which included three amendments Congressman Pappas introduced to expand research on the impacts of PFAS contamination, strengthen our regional economy, and support our Army's Back-packable Communications Intelligence System technology.
The op-ed is also available at The Hill by clicking here.
Our Uneven March Towards Equality
On June 28, 1969 a group of young LGBTQ individuals walked into the Stonewall Inn, a safe haven for our community at a time when queer lifestyles were criminalized. They were unaware their resistance would catalyze a movement that has carried us to this day.
Manchester, N.H. – Today Congressman Chris Pappas gathered the New Hampshire Nursing Association, the New Hampshire Nurse Practitioner Association, and local nurses to discuss the rising cost of prescription drugs, workforce shortages, and other critical issues facing New Hampshire patients and health care providers.
WASHINGTON D.C.- Following the implementation of the Trump Administration's discriminatory transgender military ban, 15,000 active duty service members face the risk of losing not only their military careers but also access to the same earned benefits as their fellow service members.
Washington, D.C. – Today Representative Chris Pappas (NH-01), Joe Kennedy III (MA-04), Jackie Speier (CA-14), Gil Cisneros (CA-39), and Anthony Brown (MD-04) introduced the SERVE (Securing the Rights our Veterans have Earned) Act of 2019 to guarantee protections for our nation's active duty transgender service members discharged from the Armed Forces under the Trump Administration's discriminatory transgender ban.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Chris Pappas, Co-Chair of the LGBTQ Equality Caucus and the first LGBTQ member of Congress from New Hampshire, applauded passage of the historic bipartisan Equality Act.